The geography of demography: Long-term demographic studies and species distribution models reveal a species border limited by adaptation

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Eckhart, V M ^a   Geber, M A ^b   Morris, W F ^c   Fabio, E S ^b   Tiffin, P ^d   Moeller, D A ^d  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Geographic range; Population projection matrixes; Species borders; Species distribution modeling

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADAPTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GERMINATION; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HERB; LONG-TERM CHANGE; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CLARKIA; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CLARKIA; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; SEASONS; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE;

CLARKIA XANTIANA;

EID: 80053250926     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661782     Document Type: Article

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